The big news today is that 20th Century Fox has officially set Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) for Blu-ray and DVD release on 2/17. The film is already available digitally. Extras on both disc versions will include Birdman: All-Access and a gallery of Chivo’s on-set photos. To this, the Blu-ray will add the A Conversation with Michael Keaton and Alejandro G. Iñárritu featurette. The running time for the feature is 119 minutes, with audio in English 5.1 DTS-HD MA, English 5.1 Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and French 5.1 DTS (subtitles are English SDH, Spanish and French). You can see the cover artwork to the left and also below. [Read on here…]

In other news today, Scream Factory has unveiled the cover artwork for their forthcoming Mad Max: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, which is due to street on 5/5. The extras are still TBA, but will include an all-new exclusive interview with star Mel Gibson. Here’s the cover artwork (note that it’s not yet available for pre-order on Amazon)...

Meanwhile, Warner Home Video is releasing Longmire: The Complete Third Season on DVD only on 3/3 (SRP $39.98). Never fear though if you’d rather buy the Blu-ray version – Warner Archive is going to be releasing that on 3/3 as well (SRP $40.99).

Warner has also set Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 for DVD only release on 4/28 (SRP $19.97). The set will include 16 episodes.

Also today, we’ve got an update for you on the June release of Judgment at Nuremberg and Inherit the Wind from Kino Lorber (which we mentioned yesterday on The Bits). Kino confirms they will be DVD only, as Twilight retains the BD rights. Adjust your plans accordingly.

And Paramount has set Chris Rock’s Top Five for Blu-ray and DVD release on 3/17, with the digital release due on 3/3. Extras on the Blu-ray will include audio commentary by Chris Rock and JB Smoove, deleted scenes, and 4 featurettes (It’s Never Just A Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five, The Making of Top Five, Top Five Andre Allen Standup Outtakes, and Top Five Moments You Didn’t See in the Film).

In announcement news today, 20th Century Fox has just set Maze Runner for Blu-ray and DVD release on 12/16. [Read on here…]

Sony has set Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 12/30. Digital versions will be available on 12/16. The Blu-ray and DVD will both include 2 featurettes (Home Mart: Taking Care of Business One Bolt at a Time and Children of the Night). The Blu-ray will exclusively add a Vengeance Mode, a photo gallery, and 4 more featurettes (Inside The Equalizer, Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero, Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua, and One Man Army: Training and Fighting).

FYI, Sony has also set Pride for Blu-ray and DVD release on 12/23. The film stars Bill Nighy.

Meanwhile, Warner will release Dolphin Tale 2 on BD and DVD on 12/9.

Disney is confirmed to be releasing a number of live-action classics on Blu-ray as exclusives to their Disney Movie Club, but they’re all expected to be released widely in 2015. Included are The Apple Dumpling Gang: 40th Anniversary Edition and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes: 45th Anniversary Edition (made available on 9/9), the Herbie Rides Again: 40th Anniversary Edition (coming on 12/2), and The Love Bug: 45th Anniversary Edition (coming on 12/16). An Escape to Witch Mountain: 40th Anniversary Edition also seems possible for 2015, given that next year is the film’s 40th anniversary. Thanks to Bits reader Bill M. for the heads-up.

In other release news, Lionsgate will release Little House on the Prairie: Season 4 on Blu-ray on 1/20/15.

City Drive Films has set Alive Inside for Blu-ray and DVD release on 11/18.

And we’ve gotten word that Universal will soon be releasing the classic Battlestar Galactica TV series on Blu-ray in Japan and Australia. We believe it’s essentially the same BD set that’s already available in Germany (and which we reviewed here at The Bits). We have a sneaking suspicion that it’s coming here in the States as well at some point in the months ahead. We’ve asked Universal to confirm or deny, so we’ll let you know what we hear back from them. Here’s a look at retailer promotional art for the Australia release – thanks to Bits reader Warren H. for sending it along.

We’ll leave you today with a bunch more new Blu-ray Disc cover artwork...

First of all, Millennium has confirmed James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D for release on Blu-ray 3D combo pack and Special Collector’s Edition DVD on 11/11. The DVD package includes a 38-page book apparently.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Justified: The Complete Fifth Season for Blu-ray and DVD release on 12/2. Extras on both versions will include deleted scenes, audio commentary on A Murder of Crowes and Restitution, and the Season of the Crowe: Making Season Five featurette. The Blu-ray will exclusively add 8 more featurettes (including The Coolest Guy in the Room, The Onion Eulogizes Elmore Leonard, The Big House: Prison Set Tour, Writer’s Diary: A Week of Starvation, Getting the Shot, Raylan Givens: Two Roads Diverge, King Lear, and The Wall of Death: Season Five Body Count).

And here’s something cool: Our friends over at Scream Factory have just announced that they’re going to be releasing Stuart Gordon’s 1989 sci-fi flick Robot Jox on Blu-ray next summer. More details will follow in the weeks and months ahead. Very cool.